Ticket-attaching machine.



H. G. DAVIS.

TICKET ATTAGHING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION PILEDAPR. 8, 1910.

Patented De@.24,1912.

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TICKET ATTAGHING MACHINE.

APPLIGATION FILED APR. 8, 1910.

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H. G. DAVIS.

TICKET ATTACHING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED APR. s, 1910,

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UNITED srarns PATENT oFFIoE.

HARRY G. DAVIS,r OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T0 THE H. `G'. DAVIS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION or PENNSYLVANIA.

TICKET-ATTACHING MACHINE.

To all whomit may concern: 1

Be it known that I, HARRY G. Davis, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the count-y of Philadelphia and State. of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and .useful Improvements in Ticket-Attaching l\I,a"chi`nes,v of which the following is a specification.

M v invention relates to machines for attaching pin tickets to garments or fabrics, and lnore particularly to a power driven machine adapted to automatically perform the various functions of preparing th'eticket, forming the staple and attaching the ticket by meansof the automatically formed staple.

The object of the invention is to simplify the structure as well' as the means and mode of operation of such machines, whereby they will not only be cheapened in construction, but will be more efficient in use, substantially automatic in operation, easily operated and controlled, and unlikely to get `out of repair. A further object is to provide improved means of actuating the staple forming and driving devices; to provide means for automatically marking upon the ticket the stock number, price and other data as may be desired; to provide improved means for actuating the clenching mechanism: to provide an improved drive connection between the drive shaft and operating .parts adaptedl to yield under undue strain; and to provide an improved non-repeating connection between the drive shaft and vthe operating parts `whereby said parts will be automatically disconnected after each operation.

Vith'the abovel primary and other incidental objects inview as will more fully appear in the specification. the invention consists: of the features of construction. the parts and combinations thereof. and the mode of operation, or their equivalents. as hereinafter described and set forth in the claims. Referring tothe-drawings Figure 'l is a side elevation of the assembled machine. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is an end elevation thereof, viewed from the left of Figs. l and 2. Fig. 4 is an interior elevation of' the head of the machine. being the opposite of that disclosed in` Fig. 3. illustrating the wire feeding and staple forming and driving mechanism. Fig. 5 is speeiaeatien of Letters raient.

' the a detail perspective vview ofthe' form- Y ing and driving\mechanism.` Fig. Gisa detail view of the actuating ca'm for the staple Patented Dee; 2 4, 1912.

1 ppneationfaled Aprile, 1910. serialNo. 554,237.v

forming and v driving mechanism.` f7 and 8 are detail transverse sectional/views. Fig. 9 1s adetail perspective view"of thenonl repeating driving connection.M Fig. 10 isy a detail view part-lyA in section of the yielding drlve connection also the non-repeating connection between the drive shaft and the operating parts. Fig. l1 is a detail perspective view of the ticket feeding mechanism. Fig.

l2 is a detail perspective view of the ticket ycut off mechanism. Fig. 13 is a detail view of the clencher actuating connections. Fig.

l-l is a detail `view of-the clenchingd'evices., y '7 0'.

Fig. 15 is a detail view of a modification.

Like parts are indicated by Similar chars, acters of reference throughout the.s'everal views.

The machine forming the subject matter` l hereof is adapted to automatically feed froml a continuous strip of ticket material alength suicient to form a ticket. to impress thereon the stock number, price land such other..

data as may be desired. and to sever the prepared ticket of proper length from the strip. 'hile these operations are"beii1g`performed, there is also being fed from a supply. of staple wire a length thereof sullicient to form a staple which is severed by an oblique cut whereby the ends are sharpened, the sev! understood that several of these operations is automatically disconnected, and comes to` rest.

In constructing the machine there is employed a main frame comprlslng a base por- 40 gages and rotates a cam or eccentric 16 tion 1, from whichprojects a vertical portion 2 perpendicular to said base. The frame is supported on legs 3, and is provided with a handle 4 by which it may be readily moved from place -to lace.

The particu ar wire `feeding and staplel forming mechanism and the ticket feeding mechanism shown in the drawings are similar to those parts disclosed in my former Patent #864,157, of August 1907. However the method of actuating such parts as herein disclosed is new and novel.

. The "vertical portion 2 of the main frame terminates at the left in Figs. 1 and 2, in al head 15. J ournaled in` suitable bearing in the head 5 and` on the frame portion 2 isan actuating shaft 6 adapted to be intermittently rotated, whenever the interengag- .ing connections are manually tripped, by

a motor 7 mounted on the base l. Carried yin a suitable supportingrframe 8 supported on an arm V9 projecting -isthe supply roll ofrticket material, from which the strip of material is led through suitable ways 10 over the base 1 and beneath the markingldevices to the stapling and cut off point. 'The ticket strip is advanced through a step by step movement by a pair of pawls lliwhich engage notches 12 formed in the mar-gin of the ticket strip (see v'The 'feeding pawls 12 are carried by a reciprocating frame 13 mounted in suitable ways in the base 1, as shown in Fig. 11. To

reciprocate thev feeding pawls, there is pro- .vided a vertically reciprocating plate 1 4 mounted in gibbed ways in the vertical portion 2 of the main frame. The plate 14 has a forward projecting bifurcated portion forming larms 15--15, between which enmounted on the actuating shaft 6.

The rotation ofthe shaft 6 and the eccentric 16 causes a vertical reciprocatorymovement of theplate 14. lCarried by the rev ciprocatory plate 14 is a cam plate 17 haying therein an irregular cam slot 18, within which 'engages' a roller 19 on an argrn 20 pivotedat 21 to the frame portion 2\L'-i\ At lts l0wer.` extremity the arm 2() is connetted by a with a lug 22 on the reciprocating frame 13.v It 4is` obvious that the vertical Y movementof the plate 14 will by means of the cam slot 18 in the cam plate 17 cause a swingingjmovement of the pivoted arm 20 which is transmitted to the pawl carrying frameV 13, 'causing the advance ofvfthe .ticket strip one stepat eachv operation of. the shaft 6. Before being engaged by the ,feeding pawls each ticket portion passes over a suit' able laten and beneath the marking devices by wliich it is impressed. t Y The marking devices comprise a plurality of'type 23, Vcarried in a suitable chase and supported. face downward in a holder 24 om the main frame ing movement out-ward against the tensionl of a spring 3l. Carried on said plate 30 is a casing 32 for the supplyA of staple wire.

kThewireis led from an exit opening in the case 32 under and overthe straightening I rolls 33, 34, and between the feed rolls 35 and 36. The feed roll 35 is adjustable to compensate ,for wear and for the use of wire of different diameter. `To the main 'feedroll 36 is secured a ratchet wheel 37,

engaged by a pawl 38 on a lever 39'pivoted concentric with the ratchet wheel and feed roll. The lever 39 is provided with a stud 40, adapted to be engaged by a linger 41 on a reciprocating forming -bar 42 mounted to vertically reclprocate in the machine head 5. l

At each downward movement of the forming bar 42 the nger 41 engages the stud 40 and by means of the pawl and ratchetI wheel advances to wire a redetermined distance, sufficient to form one staple; Beyond the feeding rolls the wire passes through a perforation in a Stationary shear plate 43 and beyond its beveled edge, thence over an anvil block 44. On the outer side of the vertically disposed plate 30 is pivoted a'l arm 45 carrying a shear blade coperating with the stationary shear plate 43, to sever the wire in an oblique direction, thereby pointing the ends of the staple section. A spring 46 elevates the shear arm 45 after each operation. The lower end of the forming bar 42 is bifurcated, the adjacent surfaces and ends of the tines formed -by such bifurcation being grooved as shown in Fig.'5. These tines of the formin `bar A2 are adapted to pass on oppo-site si es of the anvil block 44, and-to engage the severed length vof wire and bend 1t over the anvil block 44 into a staple, upon the downward movement Yof the forming bar. After the staple has been formed, an additional downward movement of the formlng bar 42 causes the cam face 47 to engage a corresponding surface on the vertical plate 30 moving said plate outward against the tensionv of the spring ment of the .plate 36 withdrawsA the anvil block 44 from within` the formed staple and l from between the tines of the forming bar,

leaving the formed staple retained within theinner grooves of the tines.

Slidlngly mounted to reciprocate within 31. This moveg; the'ticket and fabric.

a suitable guide way in the forming bar 42, is a driving bar 48, by which theformed staple is pushed fr om engagement with the tines ofthe forming bar and forced through The ,forming bar 42 and` the driving bar 48 are each provided with a pair of rollers49 and 50respectively. The rollers 50 of the driving b'ar'48 project through slots in the forming bar as shown in Fig. 4. Carried on the-actuating shaft 6 and within the head.- 5 isian eccentric disk or cam 51, operating Ybetween' the rollers 49 of the forming bar, and lby engagement therewith reciprocating said bar to. form the staple. Projecting from theface of the eccentric disk or cam 51l is a cam member 52, adapted to engageI the rollers 50 of the driving bar and reciprocate said bar to drive the staple.. It willbe noted that both the` formingdevice and the driving device'move'in a straight line, thereby formingand ydriving the staple more accurately.

'Pivotally supported in .a"liousing53V fpro jecting from the under side of the baseI 1 is the'goods supporting arm' 54, which is recessed, for the receptionl of the pivoted clenching lever 55. Thegoods `supporting arm 54 is so located as to register with thev forming` bark andA driver. The supporting arm54' is elevated into contact with the ticket and the forming bar and drivel' by an actuatingconnection with the vvertically reciprocating plate 14 by which the ticket feeding mechanism is also operated.

' Projecting from the rear of the plate 14, as shown in Figs. 7 and 13, is astud 56, connected by a link with abell lever I57 l-pivoted-on the housing 5a. The believer 57 is connected .by a link .with a rock arm 58 secured'on av rock shaft 59 (see Fig. 13)."

Therock shaft 59 carries av cam 60, adapted upon al rotation of the shaft to engage aroller 61 carried in the rear extremity-'ot' tithe Igoods supporting arm 54.v By Vthe -enl, 45

.gagement of the, cam with 'the `roller 61 the rear end yof the goods supporting arm is depressed while the forward end is elevated.

An additional Amovement o f the camv 60.? causes it to engage the roller 62 carriedfvbyl the clenching lever 55, elevating this lever in --turn after the,y supporting arm has reached` Vthe limit 'of its movement.

The clenching mechanism is carried in the head 63 of the supporting arm 54, and comprises a reciprocating plate 64, `engaged by the extremity ofthe clenching lever 55, by" which itis reciprocated within the' head.

Pivotallysupported at central points adjacent to the upper orf-working surface of the head 63 is a pair of substantially semi cirv cular elenchi-ng plates 65, their: outer ork working surface being slightly concave.

y Toggle links 466v connect lthese clenching plates 65 with Jthe reciprocating plate 64.

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ticket and fabric bythe'driverenter ythe recessed head 63 of; the goods supporting arm and engage the concave surfaces of the lclenching plates 65 which are thenl forced upward by t-he act-ion of the clenching lever 55, acting upon thereciprocating plate' 64, thereby bending the tines of the staple outwar'd and slightly upward. due to the concave surface of the clenching plates, whereby the tines will tendto renter the fabric to which they are attached ratherthan thel next article of a series or pile. n

.During the time the ticket is being attached to theV goods.- the ticket is--severed from the strip of ticket material by a shear blade 67, pivoted to an adjust-able support By the adjustment of the support 68 on the base 1 the blade 67 may be made to sever the ticket strip at the proper point. The shear blade 67 is actuated vby a lever 69 pivoted to the Projecting .from the cam plate 17, carried upon the reciprocating plate 14 is a lug "71, which engages the lever 69 as the platey 14 approaches the limit of its downward movement, and forces the lever-69 and the shear blade 67 therewith downward in unison with the plate` 14. Upon the return movement of the plate 14 the'lever 69 is engaged by a stud 72 in the plate 14 (see Fig. 1). and thereby elevated to-normal position.

The intermittent and yielding driving connection between `the main drive shaft and l over whichV passes a drive belt from any lsuitable source of power.

lSecured upon the extremity of the main drive shaft 73 is aca'p or Vt-himble 7 5locked lin itsadjusted position by a lock nut or' collar -76. j' Projecting within the cap 75 and in axial alinement with the drive shaft `'73 is the shaft 77 of a worm gear `78, which shaft carries at its extremity a disk head 7 9. Between the disk like head 79 and the end of the vdrive shaft 7 3 is interposed a friction disk 80, preferably of fiber."A A friction col# lar 81 of similar material is .located on the. worm shaft 77""f`between thel disk like head 79 andthe interior of the cap 75.V The cap 75 is adjusted sufficiently to provide an ordinary driving con-l nectlonfsuiiclent to drive the4 machine vunder lOrdinary circumstances. However if tao too great thickness, or if anything becomes' entangled in the mechanism, whereby the continued movement Ymight result in the straining or breakage of any of the parts, the connection between the friction disks and the worm shaft 77 and drive shaft 73 will yield,orf slip to compensate for. the increased resistance.

The worm gear 78 is mounted in a housin 82 carried on the frame portion 2, an meshes with a worm wheel 83, loosely journaled on the actuating shaft 6. A ratchet wheel 84 is carried by the worm wheel 83. Carried upon the actuating shaft 6 is a disk 85, to the inner face of which is pivoted a double arm spring pressed vpawl 86 the spring of which (not shown)tends to force it into engagement with the ratchet wheel '84, thereby forming a driving connection between the continuous rotating worm wheel 83 and the actuating shaft 6. The disk 85 is providedxwith a slot 87 through which projects .a stud 88 carried on the opposite arm of the double arm pawl 86. Pivotally supported on the housing 82 is a cam plate 89, spring pressed by the spring 90 into the path of the stud l88 as said stud revolves with the disk 85. The cam plate 89 is provided with an integral arm 91, by which the cam plate may be oscillated out of the path of the stud 8 f `Pivoted to the side of the base portion 1 of the frame is a lever 92 to which lis con-4 nected a member 93 capable of vertical movement against the tension of a sprin 94. The arm 91 of the cam plate89 normally engages anotch in the member 93. The initial elevation of the member 93 by the oscillation of the lever 92 causes a corresponding oscillation ofthe cam plate 89, movlng said plate out of engagement with the stud 88,

and permitting the double arm pawl 86 to engage the ratchet .wheel 84, and thereby complete the driving connection between the drive shaft 73 and the actuating shaft 6. Upon an additional elevation of the member 93a cam face or inclined surface thereon engages a pin 95 in the guide or keeper through which the member 93 reciprocates, which delects the 'member'93 against the tension ofl the spring 94, and disengages the member 93 from the arm 91 of the cam plate, permitting the cam plate 89 to return tothe path of the stud 8,8 under `the influence of the spring 90.- Upon the completion of the rotation of the actuating 'shaft and disk 85, the stud 88 will again engage the cam plate 89, and the double arm pawl 86 willbe moved to disengage the pawl from the ratchet wheel 84 whereupon the actuating shaft 6 and parts controlled thereby will come to rest until the i lever 92 is again oscillated tomove the cam plate from engagement with the stud 88. The lever 92 is provided with an extension 96 terminating in an operating button 97,

'which extension is connected to the lever 92 either by a universal'joint or by an intermediate connecting member 98 pivotally connected to both the lever 92 and the extension 96 by connections at right angles to each other as shown in the drawings, at 99 and 100 in Figs. 1 `and 2; By this provision the lever extension 96 is adjustable both horizontally and vertically. The operating lever extension 96 is preferably adjusted suiiiciently close to the goods supporting arm that an article placed on the goods supporting arm to be tagged will overlie the button 97 lof the extension of the operating lever, whereby the operating lever maybe operated by-a downward movement of the goods or article while grasped in both hands of the operator. If this is not possible on account of the character of the article or otherwise, the operating lever may be operated by an unused finger while the operator has both yhands free to grasp the article operated upon, or if no finger is' free, the extension may be adjusted sufficiently close and high to be operated by the knuckle of the operator as the goods are held upon the supporting arm.

By reference to 11 it will be seen that block 101, as shown in Fig. 2, slidingly mounted in the frame portion 2, whereby the stroke of the said armor lever 20 under the influence of the cam plate 17 may be varied, to feed tickets Iof greater orless length. t

In Fig. 15 is shown a modification of the tripping mechanism,in which the goods sup- -y porting arm 54 when in its open or inoperative position, is supported on aspring 105 or in any other resilient manner whereby the goods supporting arm 54 will be capable of an additional downward movement when subjected to pressure, against the tension of the spring 105. Projecting from'the goods arm 54 is a lug or stud' 106. The trip lever 92 is extended as at 107 and engages beneath the lug 106; Any' downward pressure on the goods arm 54 against the tension of the spring, will serve to depress .the trip lever through the engagement of the lug 106 therewith, which will set in motion the `mechanismwhereby the arm will be elevated to operative position independent ofthe trip arm. Thus a downward pressure upon the article'when in place on the` goods 4arm will serve to operate the tripping mechanism.

From the above description it will be apparent that there is thus-produced a machine of the character described possessing' the particular features of advantage before enumerated as desirable, but which obviously is susceptible of modification in its form, proportion, detail construction and arrangement of p arts without departing from the principle involvedor sacrificing any of its advantages.v v

Having thus described my invention I claim 1. In a machine of the character described, the combination with intermittently operatingstaple forming and ticket attaching mechanism and drive mechanism for the staple, of a depressible trip lever adapted to release the actuating devices located adjacent to the ticket attaching mechanism, adjusting means for the lever whereby it may as adjusted vertically to a position on level with or above the plane of the article operated upon. p

2. In a machine of the character described, the combination with intermittently operating Staple forming and ticket attaching mechanism and drive vmechanism 'for the staple, of a depressible trip -lever locatedadjacent to the ticket attaching mechanism and .adjusting means for the lever whereby?- it may be adjusted horizontally to and from the ticket vattaching mechanism.

3. In 'a machine of the character described, the combination with intermittently operating staple formin and ticket attaching mechanism and drive mechanism for the y operated upon.

4. In a machine of the character described, a main frame, ticket 'feeding and staple vforming mechanism, a pivoted goods sup. porting arm, movable to and from the point of attachment of the tickets, a lever pivoted to the goods supporting arm and movable therewith, but capable of a limited movement independent thereof, a head `on the goods supporting arm, a reciprocating member mounted in the vhead and reciprocated by the independent operation of said lever, oppositely disposed pivoted members carried by the head, links connecting the pivoted -member Vwith the reciprocatingv member,

whereby the movement of the reciprocating member will cause a synchronous movement" of the pivoted members.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set y.my hand this 25th day of March, 1910.

HARRY G. DAVIS. rWitnesses:

` WM. C. Gnpw,

FRED W. GAssmY. 

